Northeast Historical Archaeology Volume 45 Article 5 2016 “The science and misteire of glazing”: Thoughts on the Use of Marked Window Leads in Archaeological Analysis Timothy B. Riordan Follow this and additional works at: https://orb.binghamton.edu/neha Part of the Archaeological Anthropology Commons Recommended Citation Riordan, Timothy B. (2016) "“The cs ience and misteire of glazing”: Thoughts on the Use of Marked Window Leads in Archaeological Analysis," Northeast Historical Archaeology: Vol. 45 45, Article 5. Available at: https://orb.binghamton.edu/neha/vol45/iss1/5 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by The Open Repository @ Binghamton (The ORB). It has been accepted for inclusion in Northeast Historical Archaeology by an authorized editor of The Open Repository @ Binghamton (The ORB). For more information, please contact
[email protected]. 120 Riordan/Marked Window Leads “The science and misteire of glazing”: Thoughts on the Use of Marked Window Leads in Archaeological Analysis Timothy B. Riordan Marked window leads have the potential to add significant insights to the understanding of archaeological sites. One of the few artifacts that commonly bears a date, window leads can provide a terminus post quem (TPQ) for the feature or level in which they are found. There have been attempts to go beyond their use as a TPQ, and, based on these artifacts, describe architectural sequences, structural changes, and do feature comparisons. While all of these have produced interesting results, their validity remains uncertain because of a lack of basic data on glaziers and vise makers. This study looks at the adoption of the glazier’s vise in England, identifies several of the men who made them, and investigates the history of several of the glaziers that used them.